St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-13
SENATORIAL GOSSIP.
A Rough Estimate Of the Wealth OF
Some Of Our Senator's
WHO BELONG TO THE CROWD
Leland Sianford's Big Fortune--John
Shermans Real Estate Speculations
and Henry B. Payne's Wealth.

The election of John S. Barbour, of
Virginia, to the United States senate
will add another rich man to the golden
crowd, says Frank &. Carpenter in q
letter to the New York World. Bar
bour has been railroad president for
Twenty-Five years, and his law practice
has added to his fortune. He lives
nicely at Alexandria, and he had dur
ing his congressional career the lowest
mileage of any man in congress. He
got only 1920 year, while one of the
territorial delegates got $1,000, and
probably rode on passes.
Speaking of rich men in the senate,
Paddock, of Nebraska, is millionaire,
and he has made great deal of money
within the past few years. He paid
$50, 900 for 100 acres of land near Omaha
some time ago and held it for rise.
Five years ago he offered it for sale at
$500 per acre, and could not find pur-
chaser. Now, this land is worth
from $1,000 to $4,000 an
acre. 1t has been divided up in
lots and Paddock has sold about $780,
900 of these, and has $50 lots left. Then
he has a big presSed-brick building i'll
Omaha, which rents, l am told, for
about $500 month, and at his home in
Beatrice, Neb., he has 200-acre farm
which is nearly surrounded by the city.
He has sold 100000 worth of city lots
off it, and has nearly the whole of the
200 acres left. He is one of the richest
men of Southern Nebraska, and he has
large interest in the Omaha Cable
company, in the Omaha Street Car com
pany. in banks at Beatrice, and in other
quarters. This makes the second for
tune he has made since he went West.
A friend of his tells me that he was rich
a few years ago, but that at Jay Gould'S
advice he went into Wall street and be-
fore he got out lost the bulk of his for
however, and his faith in Western prop
erty has made him rich.
A rough estimate of senatorial for
tunes made by one of the senators is as
follows: Paddock, of Nebraska, is
worth 81, 100000. made in real estate and
stock speculation. Joe Brown, of Geor-
gia, is worth S4,000,000, made in real
estate and the careful investments of a
lifetime. Don Cameron has S4,000,000,
large part of which is in railroad stocks,
and some of which he has made out of
real estate. John c. SpoOner is worth,
perhaps, Sl50,0O0. Leland STANFORD is
supposed to be worth S75,000,000 and
the bulk of it comes from the Central Pa
cific railroad. Stewart, of Nevada. wants
Sl25,000 for his house on Dupont cir
Gle, and he is probably a millionaire.
StOckbridge, the new man from Nlichi-
gan, is millionaire. Palmer is worth
S4,000,000 in lumber, salt and specula-
ton. David Turpie is worth 100000.
Zebulon Vance, of South Carolina, mar
ried. it is said, some money with his
present wife, and he has 5000 acres in
his country seat near ASheville, n. c.
Neither Vest nor Voorhees, are rich.
Walthall made $4,000 year before he
came to the senate as railroad lawyer,
and his fortune is probably under $780,
600. The two Wilson's, of Iowa and
Maryland, are in comfortable circum-
stances. PhiletuS Sawyer has almost a
dollar for every atom of his big frame,
and he is worth about S3,oO0,O0O.
MY senatorial friend says that John
Sherman was worth million before
Washington real estate began to rise
five years ago, and that he now has $780,
600 more. Mat Ransom, of North Caro-
lima, is poor, but honest. Pasco. of
Florida, is comfortably we'll Off, and
Henry b. Payne Is worth 100000, the
foundation of which is built upon oil,
stocks and real estate. Cullom, of Hi
nOiS, is not worth any more than when
he entered politics, and he says that
politics ruins a mans money-making
qualities. Allison, of Iowa, is worth
several hundred thousand dollars, much
of which came from his wife. Beck, of
Kentucky, is millionaire, and his
wifes estate. which included some of
the lands surveyed by George Washing
ton. who was relative of her ancestors,
brought part of this wealth. Joe
Blackburn is happy, though he is not
rich. Blodgett, OF New Jersey, is well
Off, and no one knows whether Tom
Bowen, of Colorado. has fortune or
not. He is supposed to be "a millionaire.
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Chandler, of New Hampshire, is rich.
Jonathan Chace. the Quaker, has made
a fortune in cotton spinning, and Cock
rell, of Missouri, has not any more
money than he knows what to do with.
Daniel, of Virginia, married, it is said,
SlOO, 900 with his wife, and CuSh Davis,
the new senator from st. Paul, Mimi,
is money-making lawyer, and well off.
Dolph, of Oregon, is well to do, but by
no means millionaire, and Mitchell,
though he is decidedly thrifty, will
hardly run into the millions. He made,
he once said, $4,000 a year for five
years out of single client, and when he
went to Oregon a cabinetmaker refused
to make him table Oh credit for his
office.
Evarts, of New York. is supposed to
be worth about 100000. He makes a
big thing at the law, and can eat terra
pin stews without economy. German
has some money. but the most OF it
comes from otfice-hOlding, and Eugene
Hale got fortune with Zach Chandeliers
daughter. Heart, of California, is
worth S4,000,000, made in mining specu-
lations. Edmunds has made half a
million at the law. Frank HiscOck has
considerable money, and EuStis, of
Louisiana, has million, large part of
which was inherited. Aldrich, of Rhode
Island, is rich, and Charley Farwell has
made a fortune out of building the
Texas state house. Wade Hampton will
never suffer for want of bread. Joe
Hawley has good property at Hartford,
Conn. HOar is comparatively a poor
man. and ingalls, has more brains than
he has money. Pugh, of Alabama. is
we'll to do. Mat Quay has dealt with
capitalists the larger part of his life,
and is probably well off. Preston b.
Plumb, of Kansas, has millions and to
spare. | understand that neither Berry,
of Arkansas, nor Bate, of Tennessee, is
very rich, but Mcpherson, of New Jer-
sey, is supposed to be worth a million,
and much of his money has been made
in the transportation of stock.